[HBASE-19627] Stabilize the method signature for Cell and its impl

• Type: Umbrella
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Assignee: Chia-Ping Tsai
• Reporter: Chia-Ping Tsai
• Created: 26/Dec/17 08:26
• Updated: 28/Dec/17 05:08
• Resolved: 28/Dec/17 05:08

Sub-Tasks

• Rename Cell.DataType to Cell.Type: Resolved
• Suspect methods on Cell to be deprecated: Resolved
• ByteBufferCell should extend ExtendedCell: Resolved
• RawCell#getTags should return the Iterator<Tag> in order to avoid iterating through whole tag array at once: Resolved
• Remove the SettableTimestamp and SettableSequenceId: Resolved
• Add default impl to Cell#getType: Resolved